Temporary migration and wages of Ph.D.s. stay longer or come back sooner?

Marco Di Cintio, Emanuele Grassi

This paper examines the wage implications of temporary migration for two cohorts of Italian Ph.D.s. Special attention is given to the duration of the international experience, its contribution to earned wages and the selectivity of returnees. Returnees are found to be a self-selected group whose unobservable characteristics are simultaneously associated with both higher wages and a higher propensity to migrate. Moreover, we find positive returns for those who stay longer and negative returns for those who come back sooner. The results are confirmed in several robustness and sensitivity checks.

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Year of publication:	2025
Authors:	Di Cintio, Marco ; Grassi, Emanuele
Published in:	Review of Economic Analysis : REA. - Rimini : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1973-3909, ZDB-ID 2535745-1. - Vol. 17.2025, 1, p. 1-35
Subject:	back movers \| education \| high-skilled migrants \| international returnees;selectivity \| self-selection \| human capital \| wage-premia \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Humankapital \| Human capital \| Rückwanderung \| Return migration \| Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte \| Highly skilled workers \| Lohn \| Wages \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Welt \| World

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.15353/rea.v17i1.6084 [DOI] hdl:10419/328176 [Handle]
Classification:	I23 - Higher Education Research Institutions ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; F22 - International Migration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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